Stem cell-related therapies for vascular diseases

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 159-171

  Martin Rendon, E ^a,b   Snowden, J A ^c   Watt, S M ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Blood stem cells; Bone marrow stem cells; Cell therapy; Clinical trials; Heart disease; Non malignant diseases; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTERY DISEASE; BONE MARROW; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGENY; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 69249200220     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00926.x     Document Type: Review

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